The West Terms

Question 0

Covered wagon

Answer 0

A way of transportation used to travel west.

Question 1

Wagon train

Answer 1

Group of wagons traveling west together

Question 2

Cattle drive

Answer 2

Cowboys rounded up the cattle and shipped them to Chicago.

Question 3

Round up

Answer 3

The cowboys would gather all the cattle together and claim them by putting a unique brand on them.

Question 4

Brand

Answer 4

A hot iron used to burn the cowboys symbol into the side of the cow to claim it.

Question 5

Transcontinental RR

Answer 5

A railroad that ran all across our country.

Question 6

49ers

Answer 6

Gold miners in 1849 out west

Question 7

Sodbusters

Answer 7

A slang term for farmers.

Question 8

Oklahoma land grab

Answer 8

A race for land in the west. America had so much land to occupy they gave it away for free.

Question 9

Homestead act

Answer 9

Gave immigrants a chance to own their own land. 160 acres, live on the land for 5 years and improve it.

Question 10

Frontier

Answer 10

Unsettled land in America.